Thomas R. Davis

Of Counsel

Thomas R. Davis represents US and international companies in the technology, financial services, utilities, oil and gas, and retail sectors in intellectual property (IP) disputes including patent litigation, prelitigation counseling, trade secrets misappropriation, and other technology-focused litigation. Thomas also assists clients with patent procurement, opinion work, licensing, trademark matters, and IP portfolio management. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in various federal jurisdictions across the United States. Thomas’s work also includes commercial litigation, class action defense, and appellate practice.

Extended Profile

Thomas’s clients benefit from the breadth and depth of his experience across numerous technologies. In computer hardware and software, his cases have involved dynamic random access memory (DRAM), hard disk drives, flash memory storage and flash memory management, digital rights management (DRM), secure computer networks, operating system kernels, networking, wired and wireless printers and printing technology, streaming video, data compression, and over-the-air updates. For cases involving ecommerce and business methods, he has worked with secure financial and derivatives trading, foreign exchange methods, and funds transfers. He has experience with various oilfield technologies including top drive drilling, drilling with casing, seismic imaging, and using survey data for downhole tool placement. He also has experience in numerous other fields including vehicle wrap technology for reducing drag, light emitting diodes, and cellular/smart phone technologies including inertial measurement units, gyroscopes, accelerometers, and magnetometers.

selected representations

An oil and gas company as plaintiff in a patent litigation in the Western District of Texas related to innovative uses of survey data
A prominent car manufacturer in a patent litigation in the Western District of Texas regarding automobile safety features
A global electronics company in a patent litigation in the Western District of Texas regarding transmissions of over-the-air updates
A pioneer in the development of digital rights management (DRM) and secure computing technology in a patent infringement litigation; the case settled with a $440 million victory for the client
One of the world’s leading computer component suppliers in a patent infringement litigation involving dynamic random access memory
A global leader in mobile storage in asserting its patent against a leading flash memory producer; the case settled with a favorable licensing agreement for the client
A national retailer in a patent case involving portable eyeglass cleaners; the case settled favorably for the client at mediation
A worldwide producer of fluid dynamic bearings used in hard disc drive motors in asserting its patents against a competitor
One of the world’s leading suppliers of light-emitting diodes in a patent infringement litigation involving wide bandgap technology
A premier financial services firm in a patent litigation involving online banking technology
An international video game manufacturer in a patent litigation involving mirror technology
A leading provider of Internet protocol testing equipment in a trade secret misappropriation case
A worldwide leader in oilfield equipment technology asserting its patents against an international competitor in the industry
A global printing technology company in a multi-jurisdictional patent dispute involving print head technologies; jurisdictions in which patent infringement claims and counterclaims were filed included the Southern
District of California, the District of Oregon, the International Trade Commission, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Ireland
A leading technology company in various patent infringement cases in the Tyler, Sherman, and Marshall divisions of the Eastern District of Texas for over a decade; the technologies included wireless hardware, networking, hard drives, and printer networks

Education

Saint John's University School of Law, 2002, J.D.
Texas Tech University, 1999, B.A., Engineering

Admissions

Texas
New York
US Supreme Court
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
US District Court for the Western District of Texas
US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
US District Court for the District of Colorado

Awards and Affiliations

Member, Practice Group of the Year, Intellectual Property, Law360 (2019)

Member, Litigation Department of the Year–Intellectual Property, The American Lawyer (2019)

Member, American Bar Association

Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Member, Asian American Bar Association of Houston